editorial article

Dr. Banarsi Lal  Poverty was rampant in India at the time of independence. At that time 3/4th of the Indians were poor, they spent 3/4th of their income on food and 3/4th of the children were under weight. The country was not…
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Hiranmay Karlekar  The report by Justin Gillis in The New York Times last week that scientists have identified 2015 as the warmest year recorded in history - overtaking 2014, which had the distinction earlier - is hardly surprising. That…
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Sunaina Malik No doubt that man is the superior mortal of whole globe. He has dominated all biotic and abiotic components of our universe. Through different observations and experiments he has revolutionised the life on earth. Electronic…
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Anirban Ganguly  When Syama Prasad Mookerjee decided to "divide Pakistan" he had once famously quipped before Jawaharlal Nehru that while the latter had divided India, he (Syama Prasad) had divided Pakistan one of his principal objectives…
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Prof Rajni Kant This is for second year in a row that the congress is in the eye of the storm. Director of B M Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad, B. G Sidharth, called the congress a 'Kumbh Mela of science' and according to him "It would be…
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Ashok K Mehta  It is difficult to tell whether Pathankot, like Peshawar, will be a turning point in Pakistan Army's policy on counter-terrorism. The Peshawar carnage led to the crackdown in North Waziristan and Federally Administered…
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M. M. Khajooria   The current phase of Indo-Pak relations - a serious and sensitive issue by any standard had been reduced to a perennial farce since the mega oath taking ceremony of Narender Modi as the Prime Minister. The bonhomie…
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Ravinder Jalali Kashmiri Pandits were a microscopic miniscule minority in a Muslim majority Kashmir Valley. They have distinct culture, race and language which find its traces to more than 5,000 years back. Most of the Kashmiri Muslims are…
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Anirban Ganguly  Swami Vivekananda's call to make the greatness of India the keynote of our civilisational aspirations never ceases to inspire. "For the next 50 years, this alone shall be our keynote - this, our great Mother India", he had…
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Mahadeep Singh Jamwal The minds of the common people of Jammu and Kashmir State have been diluted with regard to the conflicts of Accession, Territorial Conflict and, Plebiscite. Majority of the people stand confused on these so called…
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